I make this bread a lot and it always turns out great. I only use have the sugar called for and it's perfect and not sweet. Sometimes I use honey instead of sugar. Also have made whole wheat/oatmeal bread with this recipe. Just omit AP flour and sub in the others. Usually have to add more whole wheat to make a nice dough. Fool-proof recipe!!! Thanks for sharing.

Exactly how Russian black bread should be. I used all of the rye flour and it came together easily. This bread does not rise very high. It is heavy and dense. Slice very thin, butter and eat with a nice bowl of soup. My mom used to buy this same bread in the deli.

Delicious! They were almost like fudge. I put equal parts oats and coconut it these. I have made many no bake cookies but these are the first I had with peanut butter in them. They really make the cookie a hundred times better.

Really good and easy to prepare. I gave 4 stars because I added just about double the spices and a couple tbsp brown sugar. This pie bakes up nicely and doesn't crack when it's cooling like some. Also bakes in the time posted in recipe. Too bad I don't have a reason to make another one.